A System for Distributed Minting and Management of Persistent Identifiers

Bolikowski, Łukasz; Nowiński, Aleksander; Sylwestrzak, Wojtek

doi:10.2218/ijdc.v10i1.368

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“…The curation and preservation of scientific data are the main missions of the data archive such as DANS 17 . In principle a PID system and the data curation are decoupled services.…”

Section: Data Curationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The idea to overcome the limitation of centralized or semi-distributed management adopted by the existing PID systems, has been explored in [12] [23] and then further elaborated in [30], [17]. In order to address the challenges introduced in section 3, in the present work we identify 5 pillars on which to build a trusted PID system (T-PID), as inspired by [9]:…”

Section: Trusted Persistent Identifier System For Big Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This paper aims at discussing these aspects under the Big Data perspective and explores the possibility of using permissioned blockchain as a tool to implement a trust PID system (T-PID)for Big Data in Science. One of the first attempt to consider blockchain as a suitable technology to implement PID system has been explored in [17]. However, even if there has been growing interest in exploring the actual capacity of this emerging technology to implement a PID system 1 , the main functions supplied by a PID system are not seen as sequential in nature yet [22].…”

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confidence: 99%

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A blockchain based Trusted Persistent Identifier system for Big Data in Science

Bellini

2019

Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences

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A stable reference of Internet resources is crucial not only to identify a resource in a trustworthy and certified way but also to guarantee continuous access to it over time. The current practice in scientific publication as the use of a Persistent Identifier (PID) like a DOI or Handle, is becoming attractive also for the datasets. In fact, in the era of Big Data, the aspects of replicability and verification of the scientific result are paramount. In this paper we verify the functional feasibility of permissioned blockchain technology as a tool to implement a Trustworthy Persistent Identifier (T-PID) system for datasets in the scientific domain.

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“…The curation and preservation of scientific data are the main missions of the data archive such as DANS 17 . In principle a PID system and the data curation are decoupled services.…”

Section: Data Curationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Trusted Persistent Identifier System For Big Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

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A blockchain based Trusted Persistent Identifier system for Big Data in Science

Bellini

2019

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“…The HTTP protocol is simple and universally available but the risks of "link rot" have not gone away. Other interesting technical alternatives are based on peer-to-peer networking technologies such as Blockchain (Bolikowski, Nowiński, and Sylwestrzak 2015) or MagnetLinks (Golodoniuc, Car, and Klump, this volume). Peer-to-peer technologies would allow a "Devolution of Power" and community-based backup strategies for PID resolution.…”

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20 Years of Persistent Identifiers – Which Systems are Here to Stay?

Klump

Huber

2017

Data Science Journal

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Web-based persistent identifiers have been around for more than 20 years, a period long enough for us to start observing patterns of success and failure. Persistent identifiers were invented to address challenges arising from the distributed and disorganised nature of the internet, which often resulted in URLs to internet endpoints becoming invalid. Over the years several different persistent identifier systems have been applied to the identification of research data, not all with the same level of success in terms of uptake and sustainability. We investigate the uptake of persistent identifier systems and discuss the factors that might determine the stability and longevity of these systems. Persistent identifiers have become essential elements of global research data infrastructures. Understanding the factors that influence the stability and longevity of persistent identifier systems will help us guide the future development of this important element of research data infrastructures and will make it easier to adapt to future technological and organisational changes.

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“…Blockchain technology has been proposed for use by PID systems by Bolikowski et al (2015) and while there is certainly the potential for its use in recording some form of transaction, such as changes in PID ownership, the main functions supplied PID systems (see Car et al 2017 for a general summary of PID system functions) are not sequential transactions in nature and, thus, not generally amenable to Blockchain technology use. For this reason, we do not further address Blockchain technology in this paper.…”

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Distributed Persistent Identifiers System Design

Golodoniuc¹,

Car

Klump³

2017

Data Science Journal

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The need to identify both digital and physical objects is ubiquitous in our society. Past and present persistent identifier (PID) systems, of which there is a great variety in terms of technical and social implementation, have evolved with the advent of the Internet, which has allowed for globally unique and globally resolvable identifiers. PID systems have, by in large, catered for identifier uniqueness, integrity, and persistence, regardless of the identifier's application domain. Trustworthiness of these systems has been measured by the criteria first defined by Bütikofer (2009) and further elaborated by Golodoniuc et al. (2016) and Car et al. (2017). Since many PID systems have been largely conceived and developed by a single organisation they faced challenges for widespread adoption and, most importantly, the ability to survive change of technology. We believe that a cause of PID systems that were once successful fading away is the centralisation of support infrastructure-both organisational and computing and data storage systems. In this paper, we propose a PID system design that implements the pillars of a trustworthy system-ensuring identifiers' independence of any particular technology or organisation, implementation of core PID system functions, separation from data delivery, and enabling the system to adapt for future change. We propose decentralisation at all levels-persistent identifiers and information objects registration, resolution, and data delivery-using Distributed Hash Tables and traditional peer-to-peer networks with information replication and caching mechanisms, thus eliminating the need for a central PID data store. This will increase overall system fault tolerance thus ensuring its trustworthiness. We also discuss important aspects of the distributed system's governance, such as the notion of the authoritative source and data integrity.

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A System for Distributed Minting and Management of Persistent Identifiers

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